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 -> Bunch of spinnies!
We brought you an earlier SnipURL about an optical illusion. Well, here is a bunch of them!
2,611 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Smart phones from Motorola and MS
Video stuff from news.com (bear with three adverts when you select your video format). Interesting info about the future of phones.
1,320 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired
Daniel E. Geer Jr., one of the primary authors of a report "Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security," was fired from @stake Thursday morning. @stake said that "The values an opinions of the report are not in line with the views of @stake."
1,600 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Microsoft Office 2003 reviewed
A very informative review from New York Times for the new version of MS Office, due out on Oct 21. You may need to register at the NYT website, which is free and totally worth it.
535 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Update your Instant Messaging (IM) tools
Researchers warn insecure chat networks could be breeding ground for malicious code
50,058 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Monks help scientists study the brain
Buddhist monks from South Asia have been giving scientists an insight into the human brain. They took part in a conference at MIT, which explored visual perception with the aid of images on a computer screen.
1,337 views | 27 Sep 2003
 -> Need a hand?
Trust Japan to come up with something creative.
1,440 views | 26 Sep 2003
 -> They promised her a Toyota..
...but look what they gave her!
999 views | 26 Sep 2003
 -> Creative computing articles...
...listed all the way from 1981!
1,668 views | 23 Sep 2003
 -> Can a chatting robot out-smart humans?
A computer program designed to talk like a human is preparing for its biggest test in its bid to be truly "intelligent".
1,474 views | 23 Sep 2003
 -> Historical anarchist texts
A collection of texts that are historically important to anarchism, or which discuss important aspects of anarchism, but are no longer in print elsewhere.
1,295 views | 23 Sep 2003
 -> Can we nuke tropical cyclones?
Can tropical cyclones be destroyed by nuclear bombs?
1,315 views | 23 Sep 2003
 -> Programmer or serial killer?
Can you tell the difference between the two?
4,761 views | 14 Sep 2003
 -> Piloting a plane using a handheld?
This whitepaper from Intrinsyc describes how engineers at IBM Pervasive Computing Advanced Technology Laboratory created an embedded Linux based intelligent, high-level remote control system for a model airplane.
201,157 views | 14 Sep 2003
 -> On an escalator to the stars..
In two days of discussions, the scientists aim to turn into a reality an ambition that has been around for at least a century: the creation of a space elevator that would deliver satellites, spacecraft and even people thousands of kilometres into space al
1,884 views | 14 Sep 2003
 -> No need to touch your trash can anymore..
Technology in the must neglected but important field of garbage disposal..
1,890 views | 06 Sep 2003
 -> Whats the probability of a Whale jumping on to your yatch?
A whale jumping out of the water and on to your yacht seems like a billion-to-one shot, but it happened last week.
1,214 views | 05 Sep 2003
 -> Bumper nuts?
What will they think of next? :)
1,353 views | 31 Aug 2003
 -> No "GI JANE"s in reality?
Nearly 12 percent of the women who graduated from the United States Air Force Academy this year were the victims of rape or attempted rape in their four years at the academy in Colorado Springs.
1,618 views | 30 Aug 2003
 -> French heatwave!
The heatwave that roasted France this summer killed 11,435 people in the first two weeks of August alone, making it, in human terms, one of the worst natural disasters in the history of France.
1,410 views | 30 Aug 2003
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